ovicell

English

Etymology

From ovum and cell.

Noun

ovicell (plural ovicells)

  1. (zoology) One of the dilatations of the body wall of Bryozoa in which the ova sometimes undergo the first stages of their development.
    • 2015 October 22, “Diversity and Systematics of Schizomavella Species (Bryozoa: Bitectiporidae) from the Bathyal NE Atlantic”, in PLOS ONE‎, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0139084:
      Moreover, the lepralielliform ovicell, in which the ectooecium is entirely calcified though perforated by numerous pseudopores, precludes these species from being affiliated with taxa having a microporelliform ovicell, in which the ectooecium is uncalcified.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for ovicell in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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